Tamar giving birth to Pharez & Sarah. Midwife (old woman) delivers Sarah while twin brother is washed. Centre front: basket of swaddling bands is ready to wind round infants. Tamar is sitting on a birthing stool. Copperplate engraving by Hermann Muller after Marten van Heemskerk (1498-1574).

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Tamar giving birth to Pharez & Sarah. Midwife (old woman) delivers Sarah while twin brother is washed. Centre front: basket of swaddling bands is ready to wind round infants. Tamar is sitting on a birthing stool. Copperplate engraving by Hermann Muller after Marten van Heemskerk (1498-1574).

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